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Updated Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) elearning programme is now available

Posted on: October 17th, 2023 by Nicola Kipling No Comments

Child development at the age of 2 – 2½ years is a key indicator of health, wellbeing and opportunities later in life. The Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) is an important tool which helps health practitioners to identify areas of developmental need in individual children at the age of 2 – 2.5 years old and can help provide the evidence needed for referrals to other services.

The Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) elearning programme has been developed in partnership with NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care and is useful for all new practitioners that will be using the ASQ as part of the Healthy Child programme (HCP). The elearning provides existing practitioners with further information on the context and reason for using the ASQ in England and a refresher on best-practice in using the ASQ.

Access the training

For more information and to access the session, visit the Ages and Stages Questionnaire programme page

New catalogue of resources available for maternity staff

Posted on: October 13th, 2023 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

A new hub of resources has been developed to support the professional development and wellbeing of maternity staff.

The crucial role maternity teams play in supporting women, birthing people, families, and newborn infants is vital; and improving their wellbeing will ultimately have a positive impact on delivery of care.

This catalogue serves as a one stop shop for maternity staff to access advice and support on a range of topics including:

Menopause awareness
Supporting physical and mental wellbeing in the workplace
Supporting other colleagues
Equality, diversity and neurodiversity

The programme also includes a host of existing elearning for further professional development, such as Saving Babies Lives, Perinatal Mental Health and Fetal Monitoring.

It has been developed in response to the NHS Long Term Workforce plan which recognises that to retain our workforce, we need to support their health and wellbeing by working with local leaders to ensure integrated occupation health and wellbeing services are in place for staff.

For more information and to access the catalogue, please visit the Maternity and Neonatal Resource Hub.

New trauma informed care elearning programme now available

Posted on: October 10th, 2023 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

NHS England’s elearning for healthcare and Mental Health team have worked together to develop a new elearning programme about trauma informed care.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a growing need for health and care professionals to understand the dynamics and impact of trauma on the lives of individuals, families and communities.

Whilst embedding trauma informed care requires a systematic multi-faceted approach, the aim of this programme is to support the learner in deepening their understanding on the importance of becoming more trauma sensitive in the way care is delivered, both as an individual and within a team or service.

The programme, which is aimed at frontline health and care professionals, emergency services colleagues, violence reduction units and education staff, consists of 5 modules:

Human Development and Responses to Threat
What Do We Mean by Trauma?
Basic Awareness, Concepts and Challenges
Public Health and Prevention, Personal Capacity
Making Trauma Informed Approaches Part of Healthcare

On completion of the programme learners will have a greater understanding of trauma and its impact on the lives of everyone who encounters services, including those who work within it. It will help learners to recognise and sensitively respond to people who have experienced trauma.

For more information and to access the resource, please visit the Trauma Informed Care programme page.

New patient safety elearning for mental health professionals

Posted on: October 9th, 2023 by Vanessa Bassnett No Comments

Mental Health professionals can now access new modules of the Patient Safety Syllabus training elearning sessions on the elfh portal which have been tailored to support the specific needs of their profession.

The training supports thinking differently about what patient safety means and making healthcare even safer with patient safety case studies covering good practice, human factors, risk, systems thinking and safety culture.

Content for both Levels 1 and 2 of the syllabus training have been updated and include improvements to usability, interactivity, and navigation and a certificate of completion and five sector specific patient safety case studies in total for Mental Health, Maternity, Healthcare mangers and administrative staff care, Primary Care and Acute Care.

All updates to the content and functionality have been made in response to feedback from users. There is also a self-assessment for the Access to Practice module which learners must pass to move on to the sector-specific sessions and a Certificate of completion for each case study area.

Patient safety is a collective responsibility and a key priority for health and care. This training is available to anyone NHS and Health care staff and supports the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, emphasising a proactive approach to identifying risks to safe care.

MH session content covers:

Mental health care in the NHS 
How we deliver care 
How things don’t go as planned 
Patient experience 
Systems in mental health care 
Safety culture in mental health care 
Human factors to improve safety 
Areas of special risk.

More information about the Patient Safety Syllabus training and how to access to the elearning modules can be found here:

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/patient-safety-syllabus-training/

Seeking senior advice: Foundation elearning programme update (October 2023)

Posted on: September 29th, 2023 by Kieron Bradshaw No Comments

Welcome to your October 2023 update from the Foundation elearning programme. This month focuses on where, when, and why to seek senior advice throughout your training. The following elearning sessions aim to enhance your knowledge around safe medical practice, when to stop and seek help, and explaining evidence, guidelines and protocols to patients.

Sessions:

The sessions cover areas in your curriculum on:

FPC 1: Clinical Assessment

FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation

FPC 3: Holistic Planning

FPC 4: Communication and Care

FPC 5: Continuity of Care

FPC 6: Sharing the Vision

FPC 9: Quality Improvement

FPC 12: Continuing Professional Development

The Foundation elearning programme has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with NHS England elearning for healthcare (NHSE elfh), and is approved by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO).

The online training has a range of other sessions that might help you. Please log in to the programme page to view more.

You can sign on to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training.

HORUS and TURAS have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and are therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easier to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.

New session on acute medicine added to eating disorders programme

Posted on: September 28th, 2023 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

A new elearning session has been developed to help healthcare professionals in acute medical roles identify, assess and treat people with eating disorders.

The 60 minute resource includes information on providing medical assessment and treatment, admissions, transfer of care, appropriate treatment plans and the psychological impact of eating disorders on patients, their families and carers.

At the end of the session there is a video demonstrating the assessment and management process in practice.

Eating Disorders in Acute Medical Settings has been developed NHS England, Beat charity and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Learners can access it within the Eating Disorders Training for Health and Care Staff programme.

Updated Saving Babies’ Lives sessions now available

Posted on: September 27th, 2023 by Louise Garrahan No Comments

The Saving Babies’ Lives programme has recently been reviewed with six updated sessions now available for maternity and neonatal staff.

The newly updated Detection and Surveillance of Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) session aligns with element 2 of the recently published Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 3. It provides an understanding of the core principles of the risks of stillbirth associated with FGR and the element’s suggested measures to reduce this by improving detection and management.

Reduced Fetal Movements RFM (element 3) session reflects the latest evidence-based research related to advice and monitoring of RFM which includes advice that antenatal assessments from mid-gestation routinely involve the ‘Ask, Listen and Inform’ approach.

Effective Fetal Monitoring During Labour has also been updated to align with the changes to element 4. It introduces the key principles of risk assessment at the start of labour to determine the best method of fetal monitoring in labour.

Prediction, Prevention and Perinatal Optimisation of Preterm Birth (element 5) encourages maternity and neonatal staff to draw upon the learning from the existing BAPM toolkits and the successful programmes being supported by the patient safety collaboratives across England.

Saving Babies’ Lives also features updated sessions on ultrasound and smoking advice for pregnant women.

Each session takes up to 30 minutes to complete and are aimed at maternity staff including midwives and obstetricians and neonatal staff.

This elearning has been developed in partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the British Intrapartum Care Society.

For more information and to access the sessions, please visit the Saving Babies’ Lives programme.

Interactive and Immersive Pharmacy Careers VR360 Videos launch on World Pharmacists’ Day

Posted on: September 22nd, 2023 by Nicola Kipling No Comments

Interactive and Immersive Pharmacy Careers VR360 Videos launch on World Pharmacists’ Day

The NHS England Technology Enhanced Learning team has developed ‘Pharmacy a Day in the Life’ the first interactive and immersive series of pharmacy VR360 career videos for 14-to-18-year-old learners. The videos provide an opportunity to learn about different careers options and pathways by allowing an inside view of the day to day working world of pharmacy teams.

Shane Costigan, Pharmacy Dean – Regional Head of Pharmacy WT&E NHS England – South East said: “People, I think, have an idea in their mind as to what pharmacy really is, and actually what we wanted to do through this programme is to open people’s eyes up to the world of opportunities available across all different sectors of the health service.”

The videos have been developed with support from professionals at the Simulation Centre Canterbury Christ Church University, Greenlight Pharmacy (Euston), Barts Health NHS Trust Healthcare Horizons team, Inspiring Futures and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

The interactive videos are launching on World Pharmacists’ Day (Monday 25 September 2023) and feature scenarios based on real life including pharmacy roles within the community, a hospital, and a GP setting.

The videos have been tested by students from UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, a school dedicated to educating young people in Computing, Sport Science, Health & Social Sciences and are accessible via an internet browser and to download on a VR headset or mobile phone.

How to access Pharmacy: A Day in the Life

The videos can be accessed on an internet browser and to download on a VR headset or mobile phone.

Create an account viahttps://healthcarehorizons.thinkific.com/
Click the following link to access the pharmacy course.https://healthcarehorizons.thinkific.com/collections/courses

elfh is a NHS England programme in partnership with the NHS and professional bodies